The Chili-finger lady, Anna Ayala, is headed back to prison for telling another tall tale, this time to police, having misled authorities with regards to the accidental shooting of her 26-year-old son.

Ayala, who gained national attention in 2005 for having claimed to discover a severed finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili which she herself had planted, told police shortly after the shooting last October that her son, Guadalupe "Junior" Reyes, had been shot by two men.

In reality, Reyes shot himself in the ankle with a gun. When the accidental shooting occurred, Reyes was on parole for a felony burglary conviction.

The shooting was a violation of his parole and resulted in him being charged with a felony possession of a firearm. Ayala, for her part in the scheme, was charged with the same offense, as well as filing a false police report, and being an accessory to a felony.

Both mother and son were sentenced in September to two years in prison and are currently locked up in Santa Clara County jail, where they were being held on $150,000 bail.

Earlier this week, the pair pled no contest under a deal offered by Superior Court Judge Phil Pennypacker.

The judge could have sentenced Ayala to four years and eight months, but considering the early guilty plea and the fact that the trail would likely have led to a media circus, opted instead for the lighter sentence, MercuryNews.com reports.

Prosecutors were disappointed by the judge's decision.

"I understand where the judge is coming from, but I respectfully disagree,'' prosecutor Bret Wasley told reporters. "Four years would have been reasonable since she has a history of manipulating the system.''

The gun involved in the shooting has still not been recovered.

According to prosecutors, it was the son, not his mother, who cracked under questioning by police.

In contrast, the mother initially provided compelling detail in the false story she gave police, say prosecutors.

The Chili-finger lady, Anna Ayala, is headed back to prison for telling another tall tale, this time to police, having misled authorities with regards to the accidental shooting of her 26-year-old son.